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DG EMPL Initiatives – Promoting the EU Pillar of Social Rights

GEOPA–COPA SEMINAR - WARSAW May 20, 2019

DG EMPL - Unit A2

Overview

• Priorities of the Juncker Commission
• The new Start of social Dialogue
• The European Pillar of Social Rights
• Initiatives by the Commission
• The European Labour Authority

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"The social market economy can only work if there is social dialogue. (…) Now it must be resumed at national and especially at European level. I would like to be a President of social dialogue.”

Jean-Claude Juncker in his political guidelines A new Start for Europe, 2014

"The European Pillar of Social Rights is not a

• poem. It is first of all a programme of

principles but also an action plan." "If we want to be credible, we have to deliver."

Jean-Claude Juncker during the Social Summit for Fair Jobs and Growth in Gothenburg, 17 November 2017

The European Pillar

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New Start of Social Dialogue

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Unemployment in the EU is decreasing steadily since 2013

• The speed of decrease varies across Member States
• The unemployment rate is approaching its 2008 low

point (2018, December: 6.6%)

Source: Eurostat EU LFS

Unemployment rate, % of the labour force

187 207 227 247 267 287 307

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millions

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Working-age Population (20-64) Employment Active population Commission calculations based on Eurostat 2015 population projections, Eurostat LFS

Challenges in EU

What is the European Pillar of Social Rights?

A reference framework for upwards convergence 20 principles and rights Building on the existing EU social law A scoreboard of employment and social indicators Several concrete initiatives

The 20 principles and rights at a glance

Equal opportunities and access to the labour market

• Education, training and

life-long learning

• Gender equality
• Equal opportunities
• Active support to

employment Fair working conditions

• Secure and adaptable

employment

• Wages
• Information about

employment conditions and protection in case of dismissals

• Social dialogue and

involvement of workers

• Work-life balance
• Healthy, safe and well-

adapted work environment Adequate and sustainable social protection

• Childcare and support to

children

• Social Protection
• Unemployment benefits
• Minimum income
• Old age income and

pensions

• Health care
• Inclusion of people with

disabilities

• Long-term care
• Housing and assistance

for the homeless

• Access to essential

services

Social Europe

Recent legislative and non-legislative initiatives

• European Skills Agenda: 10 key actions to promote up-skilling and

life-long learning

• European Accessibility Act

Equal

• pportunities

and access to the labour market

• Proposal for a Directive on Work-life balance
• Proposal for a Directive on Transparent and Predictable Working

Conditions

• Legal guidance on Working Time Directive
• Revision of the Posting of Workers Directive
• Proposal for a European Labour Authority

Fair working conditions

• Recommendation on access to social protection
• Proposal for a Regulation to modernise the coordination of social

security systems

Social protection and inclusion

The European Pillar of Social Rights

Initiatives

Further challenges in the EU

• Unfair competition and social dumping in the

Internal Market

• Effectively enforcing EU rules
• Supply of clear, accessible and transparent

information to citizens and employers

• Adequacy of instruments to support

administrative cooperation on cross-border mobility issues

• Overcoming expertise and institutional

fragmentation

Labour mobility in the EU

8 17 2 4 6 8 10 12 14 16 18 2007 2010 2017 Million individuals 1.3 2.8 Mobile citizens Posted workers

Objectives of the Authority

Strenghtened cooperation between national authorities in cross-border enforcement, including inspections Easier access to information and labour mobility services for individuals and employers Mediation between national authorities in case of administrative disputes

Organisation of the Authority

• Management Board
• Two EC representatives [voting right]
• Member States [voting right]
• One EP expert and 4 social partners [no voting right]
• Third countries and other EU agencies [observers]
• Executive Director
• Stakeholders Group:
• Two EC representatives
• 10 EU social partners

Staff, Budget and Seat

• Five-year transition phase (2019-2024)
• Cruising speed

 Staff of 144  30 seconded national experts  27 national liaison officers  Budget from €2M in 2019 to 50M in 2024

• Seat: to be decided by the Member States
• Candidatures: beginning of May
• Final decision: 13 June

Conclusion

• The Juncker Commission has delivered on the

social agenda

• Labour markets are improving, but challenges

remain: new world of work; increasing mobility

• These call for initiatives - ELA

Thank you for your attention